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Originally Posted by garinda
I wonder if all those councillors, with full time jobs to do, have been awarded massive pay rises recently?
'A VOTE to increase councillor's expenses sparked cries of disgust from the public gallery at Accrington Town Hall on Tuesday, during a Cabinet meeting.'
'Labour members had tabled an amendment which would have scrapped an estimated £5,000 rise in the allowance for council leader, Councillor Peter Britcliffe but this was defeated.'
'His basic allowance has jumped from £17,032 to £19,842, but he is also allowed to claim allowances for more than one special responsibility, which has led to the extra £5,000 he can claim.'
'This equates to a whopping pay increase of around 20 per cent.'
Expenses rise sparks fury in council chamber - Accrington Observer
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All Area Councils have just had their budgets cut for the year, the official reason being that money from the Floral Market Towns projects has been taken in previous years and we haven't missed it.
I'm rather afraid we have missed it and could desperately do with more. To use Rishton as an example, we have approximately £12k for the whole year to spend on projects and improvements and we're one of the better off wards.
It's somewhat uncomfortable to now see that we've paid Peter to rob Paul.